QuinMar 22
I got super tired of Microsoft seemingly being determined to make the app you turn to when your computer locks up and is laggy laggy itself with screen readers, so I wrote my own task manager. It's pure C ,not even linking against a CRT, meaning the current binary is around 20 KB including a complete, sortable process list. You can also customize what columns the list shows and how often you want it to refresh, if at all. I personally keep auto refresh off and just manually refresh with f5, and the list keeps your exact place whenever it refreshes. Pressing escape minimizes it to the system tray, while alt+f4 closes it. I want to do much more with this, such as binding it to a hotkey, but I think it's good enough for a first release. Source code: https://github.com/trypsynth/taskmon , 0.1.0 release: https://github.com/trypsynth/taskmon/releases/download/0.1.0/taskmon.exe , Enjoy!
Edit since this is blowing up: if you like all the hacking I do in my downtime, please consider donating on PayPal or GitHub sponsors so I can keep making teeny pieces of software that just work exactly as they should. GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/trypsynth PayPal: https://paypal.me/tygillespie05 Thanks everyone!
GitHub - trypsynth/taskmon: Lightweight task manager replacement for Windows.

Lightweight task manager replacement for Windows. Contribute to trypsynth/taskmon development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadTech Singer
@TheQuinbox I realize this is just adding more, so I perfectly understand if you want to keep it light, that's a huge advantage. Having said that, would it be possible to have the svchost entries state what services they are running? Is that even available?
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Show threadQuinMar 23
@techsinger I'll have to do some looking, if so I'll definitely add it.
Show threadMartinMar 23
@TheQuinbox @techsinger The other cool thing you could do is to be able to kill processes in groups. But yeah, cool little 21k app. That's just bananas!
Show threadPratik PatelMar 23
@mcourcel @TheQuinbox @techsinger Every time I look at the thing running, I wanna go: Take that you silly little thing, Windows! My smugness knows no bound even though I had nothing to do with creating this thing.
Show threadMartinMar 23
@ppatel @TheQuinbox @techsinger Imagine if Windows philosophy was to build things in the smallest form possible? Now queue the laughter. a few months back, I found a keep alive bluetooth app written in Electron. It was a stagggering 150 megs. Ridiculous. I found a 40K equivalent that did exactly the same thing.
Show threadTech SingerMar 23
@mcourcel @ppatel @TheQuinbox The size is great, but the speed is something else, it really is.